Improvement in chicken-coops



UNTED STATES PATENT CFFIcn.

JAcoBI H. vAN ARNUM, on KEN1)'AnnvrnnnV INDIANA.

IMPRCVEMENT IN CHICKEN-COOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,534, dated August 25, 1874; application led August 5, 1874.

h To all whom it may concern:

Y scription thereof', which lwill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.V

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a folding chicken-coop and crate, for shipping-poultry, fruit, &c., as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a plan view of my coop or crate folded. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through line x a: of Fig. 2.

A represents the. bottom/"of the box, provided on the upper side, near each end, with a cross-bar, B. To each end of each cross-bar B is pivoted a bar, C, and the outer ends of the two bars C C, at each end, are connected by a bar, D. Slats E E are secured length- Wise to the bars C C and to the bars D D,

forming the sides andtop of the coop aud rIhe ends of the box are formed of.

crate.

hinged slatted gates G G. These gates or end pieces are hinged to the bottom A, or to box folded flat, to take up but little room inA transportation in return shipment.

The coop or box may be filled from the top, by having one or more of the slats removable, or from either end, as desired. It may be used as a chicken-coop, and also for transporting fruit or vegetables or other articles, asdesired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination .of the bottom A, `cross bars B,'hinged bars G and D, slats E, and hinged end pieces G, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

J AOOB H. VAN ARNUM.

Witnesses:

L. E; GOODWIN, G. ERICKSON. 

